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Religion Stats: compare key data on Japan & United Kingdom

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STAT Japan United Kingdom HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 281
Ranked 10th.
332
Ranked 7th. 18% more than Japan
Christian > Mormon > Members 126,407
Ranked 12th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 49% more than Japan
Hindus 5,097
Ranked 64th.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 163 times more than Japan
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 141st.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 14 times more than Japan
Jehovahs Witnesses 218,262
Ranked 6th. 72% more than United Kingdom
127,206
Ranked 13th.
Jews 2,000
Ranked 55th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 150 times more than Japan
Major religion(s) Shintoism, Buddhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 168th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 46 times more than Japan
Muslim > Muslim population 185,000
Ranked 105th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 16 times more than Japan
Religions observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 23.5%
Ranked 137th.
26.5%
Ranked 135th. 13% more than Japan
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 75%
Ranked 7th. 3% more than United Kingdom
73%
Ranked 9th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 15,061
Ranked 66th.
24,083
Ranked 59th. 60% more than Japan
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.118
Ranked 148th.
0.402
Ranked 122nd. 3 times more than Japan
Religious diversity score 0.541
Ranked 85th.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 28% more than Japan
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.71
Ranked 95th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 25% more than Japan
Jews per 1000 0.0158
Ranked 78th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 324 times more than Japan
Hindus per thousand people 0.0399
Ranked 92nd.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 332 times more than Japan
Christian > Mormon > Temples 2
Ranked 6th. The same as United Kingdom
2
Ranked 4th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country (Countries); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries ranked by ethnic and cultural diversity level (Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization) (Natalka Patsiurko, John L. Campbell and John A. Hall (2012). "Measuring cultural diversity: ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization in the OECD" . Ethnic and Racial Studies 35 (2): 195–217 . Retrieved September 13, 2012 .); watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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